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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A series of unsuccessful calls exchanged by two people who are attempting to contact each other by telephone.
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- noun idiomatic A
situation in which two individuals attempting to contact each other by telephone repeatedly do not get a live person and instead trade messages, such as byvoice mail .
Etymologies
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phone + tag (children's game)
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